Laugh OTD

[figmo]

This morning a recruiter called to ask me if I was available for a contract. I of course said "yes."

"Do you have Oracle database experience?"

"I think so." (I worked at Oracle for three years.)

"Do you know what 'SQL' [pronounced "see-quel") is?"

"Of course! Structured Query Language."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"I ask because we sent two candidates to the client, and neither of them knew what it was. When the interviewer asked what 'SQL' stands for, the candidate asked, 'Can you spell that?'"

Comments

SQL

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

Actually, I am quite sure this was a literary question. He was asking you if you had ever read the noted best-seller *Jonathan Livingston Sequel.*

Nate

Re: SQL

[figmo.livejournal.com]

That pun is for the gull-ible....

Re: SQL

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

Unless one feels like going Bach-ward. :-)

Re: SQL

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Actually, the Jonathan Livingston Sequel was "Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah."